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The Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica), also known using regionalized names including Altai ibex, Asian ibex, Central Asian ibex, Gobi ibex, Himalayan ibex, Mongolian ibex or Tian Shan ibex, [2] is a polytypic species of ibex, a wild relative of goats and sheep. It lives in Central Asia, and is, by far, the most widely-distributed species in the ...
The Asian ibex also known as the Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica) is a wild goat inhabiting long mountain systems in central Asian deserts and the northwestern Himalayas. The animal is 80–100 cm high at shoulder, and weighs an average 60 kg.
Male Nubian ibex Caprine heart.. All members of the genus Capra are bovids (members of the family Bovidae), and more specifically caprines (subfamily Caprinae).As such they are ruminants, meaning they chew the cud, and have four-chambered stomachs which play a vital role in digesting, regurgitating, and redigesting their food.
Mongolia has a number of large mammals, including gray wolves and Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica), as well as more endangered species such as the wild Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus), the snow leopard (Uncia uncia), the Gobi bear, (rarest and unique to the desert region), the takhi (both wild and domestic types of horses) and the Asiatic wild ass ...
The second clade contains all other ibex, including the Nubian ibex. In this analysis, the Nubian ibex is monophyletic (most closely related) to the Siberian ibex (C. sibirica). [16] However, when the same study analyzed Mitochondrial DNA, it was suggested that all species in genus Capra are in one clade except for the Siberian ibex. The study ...
Other cats in Ladakh are even rarer than the snow leopard: the Siberian lynx (ee), numbering only a few individuals, and the Pallas's cat, which looks somewhat like a house cat. The Tibetan wolf ( shangku ) is the greatest threat to the livestock of the Ladakhis and as such is the most persecuted.
The Alpine ibex appears to have been larger during the Pleistocene than in the modern day. [5] In the 20th century, the Nubian (C. nubiana), walia (C. walie), and Siberian ibex (C. sibirica) were considered to be subspecies of the Alpine ibex; populations in the Alps were given the trinomial of C. i. ibex. [7]
Alpine ibex. C. ibex Linnaeus, 1758: The Alps: Size: 130–140 cm (51–55 in) long, plus 12–15 cm (5–6 in) tail [155] Habitat: Grassland, and rocky areas [156] Diet: Grass and herbs, as well as woody plants and cryptogams [156] LC 53,000 [156] East Caucasian tur. C. cylindricornis (Blyth, 1841) Caucasus Mountains in eastern Europe